South Korea’s Olympic committee said it has removed flags at its Olympic village in Tokyo after they raised bad memories about a past military conflict between Japan and Korea.The South Korean delegation said Saturday it was complying and removing the flags, which referenced a 16th-century battle between the two nations.
The flags drew protests from Japanese far-right groups, according to the AP.The flags were displayed from the balconies of South Korean athletes’ rooms in the Athletes Village.
They collectively spelled the message: “I still have the support of 50 million Korean people.”The reference was a paraphrase of the words of a Korean admiral during the 1592-1598 Japanese invasion of Korea.
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